Joyce Beatty seeks to remove the president’s name from the newly minted ‘Trump-Kennedy Center’
Democratic US representative Joyce Beatty of Ohio sued Donald Trump on Monday to seek the removal of his name from the John F Kennedy Center for Performing Arts in Washington DC.
The lawsuit from Beatty, an ex-officio trustee on the board, argued that the vote to rename the Kennedy Center is a “flagrant violation” of law as congressional approval is required for such an action.
“Congress intended the Center to be a living memorial to President Kennedy – and a crown jewel of the arts for all Americans, irrespective of party. Unless and until this Court intervenes, Defendants will continue to defy Congress and thwart the law for improper ends,” read the complaint.
Beatty also alleges that she was prevented from speaking during the board’s vote on the renaming. On a video call about the matter, Beatty said she was muted and was not able to express her disapproval about the name change.
